Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis is defined as disease caused by strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that are at least resistant to treatment with isoniazid and rifampicin; extensively ...

The definition of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been revised by the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global TB Programme, who have also defined pre-XDR-TB for the first time, ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious or contagious disease. It is caused due to bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis that spread from person to person through airborne particles i.e. when people ...

Skin tuberculosis is just one of the ways that this bacterial infection can affect your body. While less contagious than some types of tuberculosis, it can still be spread from person to person. Skin ...

We report the development of fluoroquinolone-resistant tuberculosis and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis during second-line treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Karakalpakstan, ...